Summary
This AMA Council report examines the public health implications of light pollution, with a focus on circadian disruption and melatonin suppression caused by artificial light at night. Despite the PRISMA 2020 abstract appearing in the metadata, the actual report has practical relevance for lighting designers seeking to minimize biologically disruptive nighttime illumination.
Categories
Sleep & Circadian Health: The report addresses light pollution's effects on circadian rhythms and melatonin suppression.
The Science of Light: Authors include leading photobiology researchers (Blask, Brainard) examining light's biological mechanisms in the context of light pollution.
Author(s)
D Blask, G Brainard, R Gibbons
Publication Year
2012
Number of Citations
4
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Sleep & Circadian Health
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks
- The two‐process model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal
- Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice
- Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors
The Science of Light
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- Color appearance models
- The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks
- Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice
- Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice